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John Joseph MacGowran was an Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. His last film role was as the alcoholic director Burke Dennings in The Exorcist (1973).
Birth Name
John Joseph MacGowran
Born
Sunday, 13 October 1918
Died
Tuesday, 30 January 1973
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| She Didn't Say No | William Bates | 2022 |
| Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Self | 2011 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Ignatius Feeney (clip from The Quiet Man (1952)) | 1991 |
| The Exorcist | Burke Dennings | 1973 |
| A Day at the Beach | Ticket Seller / Collector | 1972 |
| Banacek | Michele Lanier | 1972 |
| King Lear | Fool | 1971 |
| Start the Revolution Without Me | Jacques | 1970 |
| The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Leo Zimmerman | 1970 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| She Didn't Say No | William Bates | 2022 |
| Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Self | 2011 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Ignatius Feeney (clip from The Quiet Man (1952)) | 1991 |
| The Exorcist | Burke Dennings | 1973 |
| A Day at the Beach | Ticket Seller / Collector | 1972 |
| Banacek | Michele Lanier | 1972 |
| King Lear | Fool | 1971 |
| Start the Revolution Without Me | Jacques | 1970 |
| The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Leo Zimmerman | 1970 |
| My Partner the Ghost | Joe Hudson | 1969 |
| Parkin's Patch | Danny Shea | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Age of Consent | Nat Kelly | 1969 |
| Wonderwall | Prof. Oscar Collins | 1968 |
| The Champions | Banner B. Banner | 1968 |
| How I Won the War | Juniper | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty] | 1967 |
| The Fearless Vampire Killers | Professor Abronsius | 1967 |
| Cul-de-sac | Albie | 1966 |
| The Stable Door | The Mob | 1966 |
| Doctor Zhivago | Petya | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Trinculo | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Coates | 1965 |
| Young Cassidy | Archie | 1965 |
| Lord Jim | Robinson | 1965 |
| Gideon C.I.D. | 'Happy' Roden | 1964 |
| Secret Agent | Shorty Pratt | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Brother Michael | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Jeremiah Hudson | 1964 |
| The Ceremony | O'Brian | 1963 |
| Espionage | Matt Youghal | 1963 |
| Tom Jones | Partridge | 1963 |
| 24-Hour Call | Joey | 1963 |
| Zero One | Lonnie | 1962 |
| The Brain | Furber | 1962 |
| Mix Me a Person | Terence | 1962 |
| Night Creatures | Frightened Man | 1962 |
| Two and Two Make Six | Night Porter | 1962 |
| Drama 61-67 | Herbert Reynolds | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Professor Poole | 1961 |
| Danger Man | Launcelot Prior | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Albert Brady | 1960 |
| Probation Officer | Long-Ears | 1959 |
| Chance Meeting | Postman | 1959 |
| The Boy and the Bridge | Market Porter | 1959 |
| Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Phadrig Oge | 1959 |
| The Giant Behemoth | Dr. Sampson - the Paleontologist / Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist | 1959 |
| Rooney | Joe O'Connor | 1958 |
| Stowaway Girl | Tommy | 1957 |
| The Rising of the Moon | Mickey J. - the poitín maker (1st Episode) | 1957 |
| Panic in the Parlor | Toddy | 1956 |
| Jacqueline | Campbell | 1956 |
| Raiders of the River | Alf Barber | 1956 |
| Sailor of Fortune | Sean, Irish Deck Hand / Sean - Irish Deck Hand / Sean | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Fluther Good / Huish / Mike Duffy / The Butler | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Phadrig Oge | 1954 |
| The Titfield Thunderbolt | Vernon Crump | 1953 |
| Terror on a Train | Bearded Man in Hostel | 1953 |
| The Gentle Gunman | Patsy McGuire | 1952 |
| The Quiet Man | Ignatius Feeney | 1952 |
| No Resting Place | Billy Kyle | 1951 |
